28/06/2010 18:21
Just imagine if all the plastic around us was made from algae. We'd have thoroughly green car parts, bottles, containers, keyboards. In several years, this could be real. A California-based company is currently putting their algae plastic prototype to the test.
A few years ago,...
17/06/2010 00:04
The official said Obama, China's Premier Wen Jiabao, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and South Africa's President Jacob Zuma had reached a "meaningful agreement," after a day of deep divisions between leaders of rich and developing nations.
Brazil also approved the deal that appeared to...
16/06/2010 23:55
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Last month was the warmest May on record, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Tuesday.
It was also the 303rd consecutive month that was hotter than the 20th century global average for that month, according to Deke Arndt, chief of the...
16/06/2010 23:50
KOTA KINABALU: Sand dredging activities have resurfaced along the Kinabatangan River and several barges have been seen transporting river sand over the past two weeks.
The local community fears that if the activities are allowed to continue, conservation efforts in the eco-sensitive...
16/06/2010 23:48
SIBU: Sibu MP Wong Ho Leng has claimed in Parliament that he has measured the depth of the Rajang River and found that some areas are slightly more than 2m deep.
He said the Rajang, Malaysia’s longest river, “was seriously ill” and urged the Government to save it from imminent...
26/05/2010 18:50
PETALING JAYA: Malaysians are one of the highest fuel consumers in the region where even price increases have not deterred motorists.
Since 2004, they have consumed more than 400 litres per capita annually, which is much more than Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, China and India....
25/05/2010 21:06
www.mofa.go.jp/region/asia-paci/malaysia/pdfs/environ-energy1004.pdf
25/05/2010 20:45
GEORGE TOWN: Penang is launching a green initiative, roping in the private sector, non-governmental organisations, the media, government agencies and other stakeholders to work towards making George Town an international city.
The “Cleaner Greener Penang” initiative, to be launched on...
13/05/2010 03:42
KOTA KINABALU: A strategy to get governments to reduce carbon emissions is on the cards as Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) delegates from across the world sit down to discuss conservation strategies and challenges.
Some 150 delegates comprising key conservation leaders from WWF offices all...
11/05/2010 14:34
GENEVA (AFP) – The UN warned on Monday that "massive" loss in life-sustaining natural environments was likely to deepen to the point of being irreversible after global targets to cut the decline by this year were missed.
As a result of the degradation, the world is moving closer to several "tipping...
